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SAMUEL. H. BARBER, or' Ersr GREENWIGH, RHODE IISLAND. Leiters Patent No.61,915 dated February 12, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES POR OILING SPINDLES. TOP ROLLS. toWOP SPINNINGAND OTHER MACHINERY.

TO ALL WIT-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. BARBER, ot"y East Greenwich, in the countyof Kent, andv State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and improvedMode oi' Oiling the Bearings of Spindles, Top Rolls, site., in machineryused for manufacturing cotton, wool, and other material; and 1 do herebydeclare the following to be a full and correct description thereof,reference being had to the'aecompanying drawings, forming part of thisspeciiication, and to the letters of' reference marked thereon. The sameletters refer to similar parts `in all the figures. i

Figure I is a perspective view of a spinning,r machine with thearrangement for oiling applied to the spindles and top rolls. i 4

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of one of the oil tubes.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-section of a tube and spindle bearing. i

To construct my improved arrangement for oiling, takca tube, A, and makeholes in its side at a proper distance apart to correspond with thebearings to be oiled, to which holes are fitted short tubes, (in somecases` the holes will answer the purpose,) c c c, in which are placedwicks, or the ends of the tubes may be made small enough to retard theilow of the oil. This tube A is placed contiguous to the part to beoiled, and rests in suib able bearings, g, at its ends, and when thelength of machine requires it, intermediate bearings may be put anywherebetween the ends to hold. the tube up inline. A represents a tube foroling the spindle bearings, and C a tube to oil the bearings of the toprolls P P. These tubes A C are filled with oilithrough theopening S X.The arms R J are secured to the tubes, to turn them over towards thebearings and bring the ends of the small tubes, or the wickswin them, incontact with the bearing of the spindles Va and top rolls P, and so oilthem without wasting the oil. The arms It J may be connected with themachine, sonas to be moved at regular inter vals, thus making it anautomatic oiler; or they may be moved by the hand of the operative whoattends to the machine.

The operation is as follows: The tube A is illedrwith oil, and when thebearings, are supposed to require lubricating, the handle R is turnedover in the direction shown by the dotted line in figyl. This brings theends of the small tubes e c, with the wicks in them, down into theopenings K made in the front of the holsters to receive them, so thatthe wicks, which conduct the-oil from the insidcjof the `tube A, shallpress against the spindles and oil them. The operation of the tube inYthe `c ase of the top rolls and otherbearings is the same in principle.This arrangement for oiling has great advantages over the usual way ofoiling with a single feeder or can: first, in oiling the bearings moreperfectly; second, in saving of time;' forwherc there are hundreds ofspindles inra machine, a gooddeal of time must be occupied in oilingcach one separately, `or 'the operation is likely to. be performed verynegligently. A great saving of oil is accomplished, aseacll bearing hasjust enough given it, and no more, and this prevention of the use of anexcess of oil saves the coverings of the top rolls from the usual damagedonc to them by the oil, and also prevents injuring the goodsmanufactured by the same cause. The tube 1,.in iig. 1, is represented as`oiling the bearing of the-bottom roll.

It will be readily understood from the above description that this plan'of oiling bearings is of value for machinery Working on nice material,such as lace and worsted, Where an excess of oil-would damage the goods`manufactured, as well as for machines having a great number' ofbearings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is I claim the combination of th'e tubes, constructedand operating substantially as described, with the various machines usedfor manufacturing cotton, wool, .and other material, for the purpose andsubstantially as herein set forth.

SAMUEL H. BARBER.

Witnesses:

Homes N. Fosrsn, BENJAMIN ARNOLD.

